Senior Director of Talent Acquisition, Production

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · People : Talent Acquisition : MFG Recruiting

This role is for a Senior Director of Talent Acquisition, Production at Anduril, a defense technology company. The primary focus is on leading and executing production recruiting strategies, managing a team of recruiters, and ensuring timely hiring of top-tier talent for production and production functions. The role requires extensive experience in talent acquisition leadership within fast-paced, high-growth production environments and a strong understanding of recruitment processes for production and corporate roles. While the company utilizes AI and advanced technologies, this role is not directly involved in building or researching AI/ML models.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner with Talent Leadership to deliver timely updates to your division leads in customer-facing meetings - reporting on progress to plan, challenges and solutions for rapid iteration/mitigation where applicable
  2. Deliver a targeted talent map and associated sourcing strategy that defines the relevant talent profiles within your division and translates them into external target packages for sourcing and recruiting pipelines to drive long-term talent cultivation for Anduril
  3. Refine our current interview process for production teams within the division, iterating from our baseline and incorporating appropriate nuance, while maintaining the core attributes that have enabled us to get to where we are today
  4. Effectively Manage a team of recruiting leads and managers, setting appropriate goals, standards and culture to deliver division-wide hiring plan on time and in budget
  5. Take 100% ownership of production hiring by proactively partnering with key leaders to design and build recruiting strategy and reporting necessary to inform and execute your teams goals

Skills

Required

  • 12+ years of experience in talent acquisition
  • 5 years in a leadership role in a fast-paced, high-growth production environment
  • Experience managing teams of 20+ recruiters focused on the delivery of time-sensitive candidate pipelines (both technical, non-technical, and production operations)
  • Proven track record of developing and executing successful talent acquisition strategies within the production sector
  • Strong understanding of recruitment processes and candidate selection methods tailored to production and corporate roles
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and HR databases (Greenhouse + Gem preferred)
  • Knowledge of employment laws and regulations
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic production environment
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think analytically while breaking down complex problems into simple solutions
  • Experience analyzing recruitment metrics and data to assess performance, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions for continuous improvement
  • Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations related to hiring and recruiting
  • Must be a U.S. Person

Nice to have

  • experience with production labor standards and international hiring
  • Experience working with government contractors, DOD agencies, and IC agencies
  • Experience hiring candidates with U.S. security clearances
  • Experience managing geographically distributed teams

What the JD emphasized

  • production recruiting
  • production and production functions
  • production teams
  • production sector
  • production and corporate roles
  • production labor standards
  • production environment
  • production hiring